They returned from the White Tiger Base with more than sixty people.

Besides the thirty-odd people Mao Yun initially brought with him, they recruited more people over the next ten years, and after years of training, they are all trustworthy brothers.

Mao Yun was also very good at interpersonal relationships. Not only did he help Fang Qingdai find all the equipment she wanted, but he also took the initiative to find a batch of signal jamming devices and give them to Fang Qingdai.

“Although I trust my brothers, there are too many people and too much talk. You can install signal jamming devices to protect our new base, I understand.”

Fang Qingdai was stunned for a moment, her lips trembled slightly, but she didn't say anything.

Since they brought it up openly, she didn't need to be coy. It was all for the sake of getting along harmoniously and avoiding any unexpected suspicions or accusations between them.

Fang Qingdai, a person from Mao Yun, seemed quite capable. After a short rest on the day she arrived, she took the initiative to join the construction.

With more manpower, things are different. The palace complex is changing every day. In just half a month, a tall and sturdy wall has surrounded the complex, and the area inside the wall has been cleaned and tidied up.

Fang Qingdai would feel a sense of disorientation whenever she looked down from a high place.

In the lost oasis, the historical palace has been restored, and people move about inside. To protect themselves from the wind and sand, most of the people on the wasteland are covered with long robes. From a distance, it seems as if this place has returned to a time a thousand years ago.

A wasteland paradise.

By the time the reconstruction was completed, the planting team led by Zhang Xin had also made progress.

The crops have sprouted in the oasis!

Zhang Xin led Fang Qingdai to the field and excitedly pointed to the tender sprouts, saying, "Dai'er, look! The wheat has sprouted, and the sunflowers and peppers have also broken through the soil. I can feel that the vitality is very strong, and we should be able to harvest successfully!"

The Immortal Burial Oasis is located in a desert wasteland with an average annual temperature of around 40 degrees Celsius, though it gets slightly cooler in the mornings and evenings.

However, the temperature inside the oasis is not that high, generally around 20 degrees Celsius, which is warm and pleasant, and also very suitable for growing crops.

Fang Qingdai was incredibly excited as she looked at the vast expanse of tender buds!

If the crops grown are genetically tested and found to be free of harmful substances, they can be eaten directly. Even if they contain a small amount of impurities, they can be treated with a purification device.

I happened to get the purification and testing equipment during my trip to the White Tiger Base!

Fang Qingdai felt that life was full of hope!

Besides keeping an eye on the crops in the fields every day, Fang Qingdai would tour the oasis with Jing Yi every day, recording the number of organisms and plant species within the oasis.

Although we won't be treating the surrounding greenery right now, we do need to familiarize ourselves with the growth areas of each species to prepare for future planning.

After patrolling, Jing Yi would go to train the soldiers.

There are now over a hundred people in the base, all of whom are superhumans, and their average superhuman level is level four, with about ten at level five.

It would be a shame not to train such a strong group of fighters.

They must have excellent teamwork and outstanding physical fitness to support the initial development of a base.

Fang Qingdai, on the other hand, would take time each day to go to the Oasis, away from the area covered by the signal jamming equipment, to receive information from the outside world.

On this day, Fang Qingdai went out to receive information as usual, and just then she received a message from Xiao Mao.

He suggested sending the group of children over.

Fang Qingdai had mentioned before that Xiao Mao could recruit some children and raise them from a young age, just like the Mao family did.

To cover up Qingluan's departure, Xiao Mao and his friends took a group of children with them.

Li Weidong never imagined that those children would be hidden in Xiao Mao's house, in the room where Mao Min used to live!

Since Mao Min disappeared, Li Weidong has never returned home. Mao Ling moved back to the Mao family's old house because she was afraid that Xiao Mao would be lonely since only Xiao Mao was left.

With only a distant son and a sister-in-law who always gets into fights with him, Li Weidong was naturally unwilling to go back home.

The search team didn't dare search Li Weidong's house, so the group of children remained undiscovered.

But Xiao Mao said that Li Weidong had recently started trying to get close to him for no apparent reason.

The emotionless, forced conversation sent chills down Xiao Mao's spine.

Although he didn't know what Li Weidong was planning, he was worried that Li Weidong would go home to live in order to get closer to him, so he wanted to send the group of children out.

With twelve children to be sent out, Fang Qingdai would naturally have to make a trip, using her spatial abilities to sneak in and pick them up.

Fang Qingdai replied that she agreed.

Anyway, the development of Oasis is stable at the moment, and with Jing Yi overseeing it, there shouldn't be any problems.

So the next day, Fang Qingdai only told Jing Yi once and then drove away on her own.

After approaching the Xuanwu base, Fang Qingdai put away the car and shrank into her spatial dimension, manipulating the space to walk into the base.

A month later, the base returned to calm, and Fang Qingdai did not see the previously aggressive search team as she walked in.

She went straight to Xiao Mao's house and successfully met with him.

"Sister!" Xiao Mao was overjoyed to see Fang Qingdai. He ran up to her, grabbed her sleeve, and said shyly, "I've missed you so much!"

Fang Qingdai shuddered: "Alright, that's enough, you big man, stop being so clingy!"

Even after being scolded, Xiao Mao still smiled, her bright eyes looking at Fang Qingdai with affection and dependence in them.

Fang Qingdai felt a mix of emotions.

Xiao Mao and this body are actually about the same age, but Fang Qingdai's soul is probably older and has more life experience from two lifetimes. The maturity and composure she exudes makes Xiao Mao unconsciously develop a dependence on her.

Xiao Mao had never suffered much hardship in his life, but the torment caused by family ties also tested his heart.

Fang Qingdai was the person he trusted most besides his mother and aunt. The two women in his family gave him the intimacy of family, but Fang Qingdai, in addition to intimacy, also helped him plan for the future.

Therefore, emotionally, his closeness and trust in Fang Qingdai was enhanced by a deeper sense of admiration and respect compared to the two women in his family.

Fang Qingdai softened her expression and patted Xiao Mao on the shoulder: "You've worked hard, you did a great job, you've kept your father completely in the dark."

Xiao Mao's smile grew even brighter: "Of course, my sister teaches well!"

After bantering for a while, Xiao Mao took her to see the group of children.

How were these children selected?

Fang Qingdai then remembered to ask. If she remembered correctly, these children were all found from the base and they had to have relatives to stay and live at the base. Could Xiao Mao be involved in human trafficking?

“They’re all pitiful kids.” Xiao Mao sighed and explained, “Most of them don’t have biological parents. They live with relatives like uncles and aunts at the base, and their lives aren’t very good. I asked each of them, and they all came with me voluntarily.”

Xiao Mao wouldn't do something like forcibly kidnapping someone else's child.

He had carefully investigated the children's situation. It was quite common at the shelter: the children's parents had died unexpectedly, and the children were temporarily entrusted to relatives for adoption.

But everyone in the wasteland is struggling to survive, so how could they possibly treat a child with no one to rely on kindly?

Most of them squeeze all the money out of the children from their parents' inheritance, and then find an excuse to kick them out of the base!